The INNES Collaborator - Overcome Barriers to Global Business
A robust digital platform, the INNES Collaborator builds eco-systems for small and medium sized enterprises around the globe. This tool unites all players engaged in cross-border innovation, development and trade activities to exchange information, build relationships and manage myriad operational functions.
The INNES Collaborator is ideally suited for aspiring exporters who may be geographically distant from target markets. By building relationships online, exporters can more efficiently flesh out trade opportunities from the comfort of their home or office. The platform sets the stage for country visits and in-person meetings. After deals are signed, the INNES Collaborator helps users manage client relations and tackle operational details.
The INNES Collaborator can catalyze B2B matchmaking in the form of:
- Awareness enhancement
- Networking (arrangement of business meetings and onsite feasibility studies)
- Access to financial resources
- Arrangement of policy and regulatory discussions
The INNES Collaborator is ideally suited for entrepreneurs and innovators -- especially those working in incubators, accelerators and with other business development organizations. Counselors can use the platform as a basis to develop and pursue global business as the core component of coaching and educational sessions. The INNES Collaborator becomes an essential multi-purpose tool enabling exporters to work with their advisors, do independent research, build relationships and manage new accounts.
The need for INNES Collaborator is more essential today than ever due to uncertainty with the current health crisis and the future of international travel. While nothing may ever replace in-person meetings, the platform affords an enhanced opportunity for people to connect in a virtual environment. While the goal of the tool is to ultimately connect trade players in person, the INNES Collaborator will bring parties together in a way that was not previously possible.
Highly rigorous filters are a key feature providing functionality across the entire spectrum of the business cycle. Other important features of the platform include, but are not limited to:
- Matchmaking tools
- Virtual Face-to-Face interaction
- Messaging and email submitted via the platform
- Calendaring and appointment scheduling function
- Business profiling and references
- Proprietary information on local markets
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